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Friday, 19 February 2016

Fish cakes and fugitives

There's no doubt about it, little learners love their cuddly toys. Be it bears, bunnies, monkeys, sheep, or even strange one-eyed yellow creatures sporting blue dungarees, little learners love them all......a lot!The Reception team at Sunnyside School know this fact only too well. For whenever this treasured menagerie of fluff and stuffing comes into school, and winds up lost amongst the classroom paraphernalia, (as it so often does,) there is always tears and tantrums from despairing little learners, until they are reunited with their fluffy friends once more. And it was a fluffy friend related melt down that caught Mrs Very Jolly and Mrs Crayon by surprise today, as it happened right in the middle of Mrs Very Jolly reading Julia Donaldson's 'Monkey Puzzle' to the class. As the group listened attentively to the tale of a young monkey who looses his Mum, a little learner sitting at Mrs Very Jolly's feet, suddenly burst into floods of tears, and with head in hands deeply lamented the loss of his penguin. As Mrs Crayon comforted the distraught little learner, he revealed that his much loved penguin had gone missing from home, and as he had no clue as to it's whereabouts, he was fearful that he'd never seen his flightless friend again. When the little learner informed Mrs Crayon that his penguin wore a scarf, was no taller than a pencil and had glittery eyes, she was completely satisfied they were dealing with a stuffed toy, and not a real live penguin. With a description to go on, the rest of the group then sprang into action and began producing a ton of hand drawn 'missing penguin posters', all pleading for folks to be watchful and alert in case of a penguin sighting. And so the hunt is on dear readers for a small, sparkly-eyed penguin, possibly carrying a suitcase but definitely wearing a scarf. It's worth noting that as he has no prior knowledge of the great outdoors, he will more than likely appear a little disorientated.Should you spot him, he answers to 'Penguin', and according to his owner, "he really likes fish cakes!" Thank you in advance for your help!

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I'm a doodler and a dabbler. I've doodled and dabbled since leaving Portsmouth College of Art and Design back in the day when enormous hair and gigantic shoulder pads ruled the world. I adore colour and I can become very excited by it. I have been known to buy watercolour crayons purely to sharpen and look at.I work in Early years, so a large part of my day is spent with one hand in a paint pot and the other in a tub of glue. The various little people I have supported over the last 12 years are the total inspiration for Sunnysiders.

Imagine a giant cooking pot if you will and in it are the following ingredients.1. Stories I collect each day whilst working with little learners in a busy Reception class2. One heaped tablespoon of artistic licence3. Fictional characters, based on a pinch of reality4. An accurate account of how young children learn in the Reception Year.Now stir it all up and add lots and lots of fun. Simmer for one academic year then Bob's your auntie you have http://sunnysiders2012.blogspot.co.uk/